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kotrin··on All your interwebs are belong to Facebook
The "like" button at the bottom of this article cracks me up.
kotrin··on Thousands of scientific papers uploaded to The Pirate Bay
We sell water don't we?
kotrin··on 9.2% Unemployment? Blame Microsoft.
I don't think seed money is the problem. You start a company in the cloud using basic plans that total to $0/month.
kotrin··on What is a y-combinator?
http://www.dreamsongs.com/Files/WhyOfY.pdf
kotrin··on Code Quarterly's Interview with Rich Hickey
It's not about reading, it's about doing.
kotrin··on Why is it so hard to be a good domain registrar?
I enjoy their services. A+
kotrin··on Unholy: _why's Ruby to Python compiler
Why not just use JRuby over Groovy?
kotrin··on Khan Academy and BitTorrent Partner to Distribute Educational Videos
I feel videos are more hopeful for the people seeking help on these topics.
kotrin··on How the FBI raided Anonymous
"We have noted that similar attacks have also been carried out against Wikileaks itself, yet so far, nobody has been arrested in connection with these attacks, nor are there even any signs of an investigation into this issue at all,"

I think that is one of the most important points of this article.

kotrin··on Buddycloud's node.js server just released
You could always do it?
kotrin··on Toy Store: ORM for Riak, Redis, Cassandra, Memcached, darn near anything
abstraction abstraction abstraction
kotrin··on Netflix: ISPs who charge by the gigabyte are ridiculous
oligopolies are a bitch
kotrin··on Ask HN: Is it worth $60k and four years?
You could always do your entrepreneurial things you wish and go back to school later. Mind you, it gets tougher each year to go back. But really, what's from stopping you from doing what you want? There is no need to "fall in" to the norms. Do what you want. It's your life.

I will say, though, that you miss many opportunities if you choose to pass up on school. I would take the advice of others and pick a major you truly enjoy. College is for you. It is not high school. Please, do what makes you happy, not what makes your parents happy. You are now grown up. Welcome to the world of responsibility and decision making. It's fun. Enjoy :)

kotrin··on Poll: Where do you work (physically)?
If you look at the pictures, it seems he is in shaded area. Thus, no sun to worry about.
kotrin··on The Next Big Language
I think you would see JRuby used as an industry de facto before you would see Scala.
kotrin··on The End Of Facebook and Free Software's Quiet Revolution
That, sir, I do not know.
kotrin··on Twitter Confirms That They’re Being Blocked In Egypt
I apologize -- I misunderstood.
kotrin··on The Next Big Language
If he still believes in what he said in this article, he probably likes it but does not think it will be the "Next Big Language".
kotrin··on Twitter Confirms That They’re Being Blocked In Egypt
I think it's more along the lines of the Egyptian government is blocking twitter because they saw how social networking effected the same type of incident in Tunisia. They are scared.
kotrin··on My Students Laugh, HaHa, Laugh, at the HN Naysayers ;)
"But the important thing is the concept, not the expression"

Nailed it.

kotrin··on The End Of Facebook and Free Software's Quiet Revolution
What's the point of trying to own all that information if not for money?
kotrin··on The End Of Facebook and Free Software's Quiet Revolution
This is how I have always felt. I think Facebook's best move is to be that "popular hub". Turn from evil to good. But, of course, they wont. Zuck likes money.
kotrin··on Vertically split tabs coming to iTerm2
tmux and screen can do this and they are not OS X dependent
kotrin··on $50,000 reward for infomation leading to capture of WikiLeaks' Julian Assange
This is disgusting.
kotrin··on What are the odds that my vote changes the outcome of an election?
USA: If anything you change it for the future because you contributed to the statistics of party X or person Y. How would we know 10 people stilled liked something if they didn't vote for it? Seeds can be planted this way.
kotrin··on How to make Textmate rock.
I used TextMate and I was pretty good at it. I switched to VIM. I'm a terrible VIM-er but I'm already faster and more productive. I am not saying you should switch...I'm just saying you should switch.